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Originally Posted by eschwartz
This, at least, is dead wrong. It is a healthy outlet for our natural aggressive instincts, thus preventing us from carrying out our fantasies in real life.
And as such, it should be a government-mandated part of our daily routine.
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Well, now: maybe not...
http://www.cnet.com/news/video-games...-not-violence/
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A new study suggests that, if a person acts aggressively after playing a game, the root cause is frustration over the game's difficulty.
Andrew Przybylski, a researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, and Richard Ryan, a motivational psychologist at the University of Rochester, conducted the first study that examines not just the content of the game, but the psychological experience it delivers. They found that the feelings of frustration and failure could lead to aggressiveness.
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Like, duh, right?
Publish or perish, I guess.